Stay at a multicultural and curious home with lots of stories in Frisia, Netherlands

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  Description

  We live in a house of over 135 yo. We are a like a family community with My parents, younger brother, my wife Tanya, and a friend of ours. We try to make it more and more energy effecient/neutral. Love having guests and are experienced host in couchsurfing websites like couchers, warmshowers, trustroots, etc. As of people we're asking if they could stay longer we started with the volunteering. Now people can stay short or longer and helpout the family a bit with various tasks. The Garden is my playground as a landscapers and probably trying out several things once in a while. Making it more and more a bit of a food forrest like garden with more edible plants and creating more and more habitat. All is maintained ecological. Bit of a progress, but slowly trying out we get there. All without poison and where nature can have its place.
  Also we would love to try a dish from your country too. Further we got some animals. A couple of rabbits, a few chickens, guinea fowls and a 3 funny Indian runner ducks. We love getting some more or other animals maybe one day.
  Also we love making music, talk about travel and life stories, enjoy life and have some fun! Hope to see you soon! Add 'Green' in your request so we know you read the profile.
  
  We have some reviews on other platforms but not here yet as we just made an account. We hope you still would like to come via this platform and be our first Workawayer and get our First review!! For questions ask!!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Winter sports

  

  Self development

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Farming

  

  Videography

  

  Technology

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Culture

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  History

  

  Books

  

  Photography

  

  Languages

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Hitchhiking

  

  Animals

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Dancing

  

  Mountain

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You are welcome to join for a cup of tea/coffe anytime, or join other activityes of the family. We are a multicultura family from a Frisian backtround, Russain/USSR and also Ukranian background. We like to share whats there to do around the area as there is a lot of history around. You can join making music, cooking together and we gladly share our knowledge about traveling the world in different forms including motorbikes and also off our specialisations like (aviation) Languages, teaching, skating, ecological landscaping, nature, electronics, solar systems and pellet stoves, cross stitching and many more. Just ask!

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  Help

  For help it would be all kinds of tasks.
  The tasks can be anything from rebuilding, sanding, maintenance in the garden, potting plants, other garden tasks etc.
  From helping out in the garden like mowing, weeding, potting plants, veggy garden tasks, harvesting, rebuilding garden areas to tasks like sanding, building small structures(under guidendce or if skilled), creative, etc. There might be some animal care like feeding, cleaning compartments or keeping an eye on the animals. Also sometimes some other home tasks might appear like cleaning up, cooking or other house tasks or other tasks.
  
  
  Cleaning of the bnb/rented out room is not part of your schedule. Depending on the tasks and the avialablitiy of us we might do some tasks together and some are done single. Depends on what is possible that moment. For specialised jobs we do it ourself or we hire a professional. We only give tasks we think are suitable for the skill of the volunteer or if its more difficult we will do it together. You will normally not do only one single of the same task for the whole period but the tasks will be mostly variable of different things. We like to explain what and why we are doing or whats the goal of the project you are doing the piece of, so ask a lot of questions and you will learn more.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Western Frisian: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Russian: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  Spanish: Beginner
  Italian: Beginner
  Romanian: Beginner
  Ukrainian: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Russian, French and Romanian can be practiced with my wife. Further Tanya likes to practice Frenche and Romanian. I am learning Russian (Siewart) And some other people in the house are learning spanish and italian
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  Accommodation

  Depending on the availability we have different possibilities where you might stay. One can be in the rental room when no guests are staying there. Otherwise there is mostly the Campervan, and as a backup a matress in the storage or a tent with the bedding included.
  Further you can grab or join for breakfast. Lunch is mostly on you as we are a lot of times all over the place at that time, but you can find ingredients in the house to make some by yourself if there is nobody to join at that moment. In the evening you can join either downstairs or upstairs kitchen for some dinner. Toilets, showers and towels are there. Plus there are some bycicles to borrow.

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  What else ...

  We are alreayd active on many other platforms for volunteering and couchsurfing. If you want to see those, for reviews etc just ask.
  House rules is mostly common sense, you are joining a family so do like if it was your family. No smoking, only out at the street.
  Further pickup is possible from different locations nearby. Mostly from Dokkum, and sometimes also from Leeuwarden if anyone of us needs to be there.
  Ask us what to see and do in the area as there are many things to do and see and we can show you where, how to get there and when.
  
  !Lenght of stays between 1 to 2 weeks are fine and also very short ones possible. For longer then 10 days is only possible with fitting well in the family and enough tasks to so. So keep that in mind, that you stay and join a family.
  
  !!! REQUEST Questions.
  !Please awnser in your request the next questions.
  1) If you have any dietary restrictoins. We can keep that in mind.
  2)How did you come with the idea of doing volunteering this way?
  3)What would be one lifes lesson lif le.has taught you
  4) Why did you choose our place?
  5) Do you have any skills? As then we can take that into account whar task you are able to do and what tasks need more guidense(because of planning)
  6)Tell a bit about yourself, your trip, and experiences of voluntering and traveling.
  7) If you dont have reviews on this platform, do you have reviews elsewhere like couchers, trustroots etc?
  8) Do you have any more questons for us?
  
  Hope you take time to checkour our profile, write a nice request and we hope to welcome you soon. For any very last minutes send us also a whatsapp message so we

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Most times the work hours when we are not joining are free to plan by yourself over the day. So you can combine it nicely with other work online etc.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Only 1 campervan might be able to stay as of space and might have to move now and then, tents there is also a spot for in the back. You have acces to the same things as the other people.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  For now all animals are accepted. Note that they do have to be able to act kindly with chickens and ducks. You are responsible for your animal so please take care!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Chickens, Gunea Fowls, Ducks and Lovebirds

  We have different type of birds, and they enjoy your attention!

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